Senior Technical Operations Manager: Argentina & Uruguay

The Coca-Cola Company; Buenos Aires; Hybrid; ARS 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Company in Buenos Aires seeks a Senior Manager, Technical Operations to translate market and franchise strategies into actionable plans across bottlers, territories, and plants, with a focus on QSE, safety, and product quality.

You will lead technical governance, innovation, commercialization, and capability-building, collaborating with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and other functions to drive performance and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Food Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in TI&SC areas including QSE, SRA, commercialization, supply chain, technical leadership, CPS, R&D, manufacturing, or the food and beverage industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical or operational projects from planning through implementation.
• Ability to translate business and technical priorities into structured execution plans and measurable operational outcomes.
• Strong analytical, risk-mapping, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to influence bottling partners, suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders without direct reporting authority.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and ensure disciplined follow-through.
• Experience using performance data to identify opportunities, prioritize actions, and make clear recommendations.
• Good understanding of technical risk management, technical governance, project-management methodologies, QSE metrics, and commercialization processes.
• Fluency in Spanish and English.
• Travel willingness: 25–50%.

Responsibilities

• Translate Technical Operations priorities into actionable execution plans for bottlers, territories, and plants.
• Provide technical leadership across QSE, innovation, commercialization, governance, and capability-building priorities.
• Drive technical performance improvement focusing on QSE, product quality, food safety, environmental and safety performance, and compliance.
• Identify risks, gaps, and corrective actions; coordinate with bottler and TI&SC functions.
• Identify, structure, and execute productivity and value-creation initiatives related to QSE, innovation, and commercialization.
• Lead contingency and business continuity efforts; manage cross-functional troubleshooting when needed.
• Build relationships with bottling partners, suppliers, and internal stakeholders; support bottler capabilities.

Skills

Operations Management

Quality Management

Education

Engineering degree

Supply Chain degree

Manufacturing degree

Food Science degree

Business Administration degree

Job description

The Coca-Cola Company in Buenos Aires seeks a Senior Manager, Technical Operations to translate market and franchise strategies into actionable plans across bottlers, territories, and plants, with a focus on QSE, safety, and product quality.

You will lead technical governance, innovation, commercialization, and capability-building, collaborating with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and other functions to drive performance and risk management.